It definitely works, but is it worth it?
For full disclosure, I received the Interpet Gold Quick Clear as part of the Amazon Vine Program.
When we do a water change on our tank we tip buckets of treated fresh water into the tank to replace the water we take out. The force of this in combination with irritating the substrate with the syphon to try and remove as much debris as possible means that after a water change we are left with a murky tank with nasty bits floating around for the next hour or so. This product seemed like it would be a good solution to reduce this.
So I decided to use this after a water change, as you can see in the first photo attached of our tank, the water full of little particles of debris that we would rather not have in the tank. But the water itself is very clean and clear. This was straight after we finished the water change. I added the quick clear liquid as soon as possible to give it a good test, first off when opening the cap you will notice they have kindly included an inner measure to the cap for smaller tanks which is a nice touch. For our tank with is 230 litres I needed to use 3 of the larger measures, I mixed it with a cup of water as suggested and added it to the tank.
The first thing is that the liquid is a dark brown colour and you can see from the next image of our tank that it instantly made the water go very dark, but even in this image with is literally taken less than a minute later than the one before, practically all of the particles have been removed, but now the tank has been left with this dark brown tint. The next few photos I have attached are taken in five-minute intervals, and you can see the brown tint slowly working itself out and in the last photo, it is not very noticeable.
In conclusion, this might not be the optimum use case for the product, but yes it worked in clumping the particles together and letting the filter catch them, but at the cost of making the water in the tank a dark brown for over 20 minutes, and if you have less filtration in your tank this might take longer.
Interpet Gold Quick Clear Images
Interpet Gold Quick Clear
£2.99
Pros
- Clears debris fast
- Thoughtful measuring cap
- Natural and harmless to the fish
- Cheaper than some other alternatives
Cons
- Left the water brown for 20 minutes
- You need to use quite a bit for a large tank
